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单词 white-skin
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white-skinadj.n.

Brit. /ˈwʌɪtskɪn/, U.S. /ˈ(h)waɪtˌskɪn/
Forms: see white adj. and n. and skin n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., skin n.
Etymology: < white adj. + skin n.
A. adj.
Of clothing or material: (perhaps) having, resembling, or characterized by, a white skin. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > whiteness or fairness > [adjective]
whiteOE
fairc1175
whitelya1387
blonde1481
whitelewe1495
fair-faced1553
buttermilk1606
lilied1614
white-skin1634
light-complexioned1770
leucous1842
blondine1867
blonde-complexioned1881
leucodermic1926
blondish1961
1634 F. Quarles Mildreiados in Divine Poems (rev. ed.) 526 The course-grain'd Lockrom, and the white-skin Lawne Are both subjected to the selfesame Fate.
1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd ii. i. 21 Gae get my Sunday's Coat.., My Whyt-skin Hose, and Mittans for my Hands.
1823 J. Kennedy Poems & Songs 85 Wauking some wife's white skin blankets, Or some flannel.
B. n.
Originally and chiefly U.S. A white person. Usually contrasted with redskin n. Now somewhat dated.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > white person > [noun]
white mana1398
Christian1622
European1666
white-face1684
long knife1784
buckra1794
sahib1796
white-skin1803
whitey1811
Pakeha1817
papalagi1817
paleface1823
whitefellow1826
Abelungu1836
haole1843
gringo1849
lightiea1855
umlungu1859
mzungu1860
heaven-burster1861
ladino1877
mooniasc1880
Conchy Joe1888
béké1889
ofay1899
ridge runner1904
Ngati Pakeha1905
kelch1912
pink1913
leucoderm1924
fay1927
Mr Charlie1928
pinkie1935
devil1938
wonk1938
oaf1941
grey1943
paddy1945
Caucasoid1956
Jumble1957
Caucasian1958
white boy1958
pinko-grey1964
honky1967
toubab1976
palagi1977
1803 W. Ward Let. 27 Dec. in Evangelical Intelligencer May (1809) 243 Several young persons have been added to us in this city, who..(though despised by the white skins) are likely to be much more useful than many who value themselves..on their English blood.
1826 J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans I. xiv. 212 'Twould have been..an inhuman act for a white-skin; but 'tis the..natur' of an Indian.
1874 Cape Monthly Mag. 9 13 The red Bushman looks down upon the black-man quite as much as any orthodox white skin does.
1941 Washington Post 8 Mar. 4/1 Pesky redskins doublecrossing whiteskins and lovemaking with a Western accent.
2003 J. Sharpe Dakota Death Rattle xvii. 158 The Lakota will grant three sleeps during which these whiteskins have safe passage.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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